Missing men … and new recruits
Change, they say, is inevitable. At Spartak it looks like a case of out with the old (sorry Anto!) and in with the new.
From the cup final squad quite a few men are missing.The men who missed the final through injury, Will and Neil, are recuperating from broken collar bone and knee surgery respectively. Gintaras is back in Lithuania. Dan O’Connell has been up training just once due to work commitments.
Of the winning squad on the night, Alex heads to Canada for a year next week, Anto is travelling the world getting fat with his new job and unlikely to play for a number of months. Adam and James are lost to the world of GAA and Brian Massey to rugby. Kevin O’Toole is doing well at Ken Buckley’s boot camp, but has done little football training so far.
There have been fleeting glimpses of Graham Breen, Glen Burke and Steve Grier. The latter emerged from his summer slumber to make and score goals in last night’s friendly.
Peter, Dave , Fintan, Rob, Stu, Ger , GMac, Tom are flying the flag at training at the moment.
Also missing are Niall Hanratty (suspended) Mark Bolger (rock stardom beckons!) Colum O’Sullivan
Good work by Mick Greene means we have an influx of lads who played under 18 for Firhouse Carmel last year.
Paul Kinsella, Seamus McCahill, Aaron Ormerod, Dillon and Ryan Burke, Keith Kelly, Steve Harris, Shane Corrigan and Niall Lennon
have all been up and are very welcome as they settle in and lowere the average age.
In the friendlies so far, the blending process is underway and the training attendances have been the highest for many years, so we look forward with confidence.
